Aided analysis for quality function deployment with an Apriori-based data mining approach

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 673-686

  Zhang, Zaifang ^a   Cheng, Hui ^a   Chu, Xuening ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apriori approach; association rule; data mining; quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION RULES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

APRIORI; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSE OF QUALITY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENTS (QFD);

DATA MINING;

EID: 77954636494     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2010.492840     Document Type: Article

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